In a 2009 CollegeGrad.com poll, 80 percent of college graduates moved in with their parents after graduation as a way to save money in a tough job market.
College graduates should fight for independence
Less red meat would lead to healthier Americans
Mississippi state Rep. John Hines, along with 71 fellow lawmakers, is setting an example for citizens of the state with the highest obesity rate in America.
Funeral protests disrespect honorable soldiers
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder died March 3, 2006, in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Iraq. Unfortunately, his family was not able to lay him to rest with the dignity and honor every soldier deserves.
March Madness lessons extend beyond courts
“The madness.” Say those two words 11 months of the year and they don’t mean much. But say them in March, and they mean only one thing: the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Skip the partying and gain some perspective over break
This spring break, while their classmates are waking up hungover in Mexican hotel rooms at 3 p.m., many St. Thomas students will have already begun helping others.
College students, 604-pound woman not so different
From the same state that brought us MTV’s “Jersey Shore” comes the story of Donna Simpson who, if paper work passes, could potentially be the world’s largest birth mother.
Contagious distractions: classrooms should ban laptops
Laptop computers are the best cure for classroom boredom.
I don’t even have to bring my own laptop to class to distract myself.
New laundry program a reward, not a punishment
While living on campus the last three years, I’ve had my fair share of struggles. I’ve shared bathrooms, lost room keys, had my shoes stolen and been put through early morning fire alarms in the dead of winter. And that was just my sophomore year.
Minnesota students must participate in census
When I first saw the commercials for the 2010 Census, I laughed and wondered why the Census Bureau felt the need to pay millions of dollars for weak, not-that-funny attempts to encourage people to fill out a form. Bureaucracy at its best, I thought.
Once a prominent social figure, the house party dies
The house party, a longtime staple of weekend activity at St. Thomas and social facilitator for 20-year-olds throughout the area, has died.
Eliminate disposable plastic water bottles at St. Thomas
That bottle of Aquafina you saw on the ground this morning was near the end of an incredibly long journey. Starting out as perfectly benign tap water, it went through a redundant and energy-intensive purification process before being shipped hundreds, perhaps thousands, of miles to get to that cooler in the Grill.
Charging alumni to use athletic complex will hurt university
I’m looking forward to playing a game of tennis indoors, swimming a couple of laps in the pool and working out on the new equipment, which we’ve heard described as a “purple and gray” version of Lifetime Fitness, once the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex opens.
But I’m one of the lucky ones because I graduate next year, not this year.
Charging for campus concerts makes sense
Students may no longer be able to experience live music on campus for free, but that wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.
STAR is considering charging students a small ticket price for the formerly free fall and spring concerts so St. Thomas can afford to host bigger-name bands.
After luger’s death, how much TV footage is enough?
Pictures can capture the emotion of a story that oftentimes text alone cannot. Images stay with you, in sometimes the best and in sometimes the worst ways possible.
Potential restrictive speaker rules would weaken Catholic intellectual tradition
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis recently published new guidelines that address the question of who can speak at Catholic institutions in the archdiocese.